After five days of picking by hand with just three people the majority of that time we are extremely pleased with the results. We probably could have continued picking for another three days but quite honestly we felt we had done enough and we did not want my sister to spend her entire holiday working!
We were just hopeful that the results of our labour and that of friends who were able to lend a hand for a couple of mornings were going to be worthwhile. Well they certainly were as the statistics noted here show, it was an excellent percentage yield.
I will follow this post up with a couple more about the process from picking to oil as it will be no surprise to my regular readers that I took loads of photos to share with you.
Talking of photos and sharing with you those from our recent trip to Asia, I have decided that as there are so many it would be better to start a separate blog rather than overload News From Italy with off subject posts. I am hoping that those of you interested in travel will follow me over there, for now I have just reposted the posts already shared here, but lots more to follow shortly. The new blog is called Travel Tales and there I will share our life adventures outside Italy, I am looking forward to hearing what you think.
Wow, you must have been so busy! That is an enormous amount of olives in that picture. I can't wait to see the olive oil post...I love olive oil but have no idea about how it's actually made.
ReplyDeleteThat is a great idea to have a separate blog for your travel shots! You know how much I love Hong Kong so I can't wait to see your recent pictures!
Hope all is well your way and thanks for visiting my blog recently. Welcome home!
Best wishes,
Natasha.
xo
Fantastic Linda. I wish I could have helped you more. It was great fun, and I enjoyed being a small part of the process.
ReplyDeleteWOW! What a job and what an accomplishment. It must be such a fantastic feeling to have olive oil from your very own olives - I can only imagine it unfortunately. Would these olives also be good just eaten (pickled?) with oil and garlic? I like the colours in the picture... Hope you find a bit of time to relax now. Love from London xo
ReplyDeleteIn my next weekend I will pick up olive too.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard but this is the right way to know what kind of oil you will use during the whole year;)) Greetings from Apulia!
Bravoooo, congratulations about olives!!!
ReplyDeleteWonderful photo!
I will follow in your travels!
Many kisses
Well done, the olives look so fresh and lovely. the colours almost like plums.Good luck with your new blog, I nipped over there quickly but I haven't got time to stay at the minute. It all looks lovely though. I admire your energy, I find it hard to keep on top of 1 blog! Lots of love, Linda x
ReplyDeleteHi Linda. I'm with Linda from flowers on my table, I find it hard enough keeping on top of one blog!!! What a fantastic result with the olive picking my friend. You must have been pretty tired. 60 litres of olive oil - wonderful! I'll certainly come along and follow you on your Travel Tales blog.
ReplyDeleteWow, congratulations on your big number!
ReplyDeleteOff to your new blog now :-)
I can't wait to hear about the process of making oil from olives!
ReplyDeleteWow, 380 kgs!! That looks like a good harvest!
ReplyDeleteI'm an olive oil lover Lindy - drizzle it on everything and anything - splash it on my skin.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see more of your olive posts!
Congratulations Linda, for your good harvest and for the new blog!
ReplyDeleteWOW!! So much olive oil! I'm thrilled to bits for you, Linda. :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm so very pleased that this year's harvest was so successful for you! I well remember last year's disappointing result. I guess it's another example of how nature recovers from year to year. We had a rough winter a few years ago and lost a lot of plants – you wouldn't know it by looking around now. Everything has grown back and then some.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to the rest of the olive photos and also visiting your new blog! have a relaxing weekend. – g
It sounds like your olive harvest was successful indeed! I will look forward to checking out your new blog Lindy!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a lot of hard work to me but if the result is worth it.... Looking forward to more photos. Diane
ReplyDeleteThe olives are gorgeous Linda and I am so glad you had a good production. You know I have read books about Italy and realize how important this is in daily Italian life. We are gearing up here for our Thanksgiving holiday and are getting busy. hugs, olive
ReplyDelete:D I enjoy reading about all of your adventures. Your sister is a real trooper helping out! Congrats on a successful harvest.
ReplyDeletexoxoxoxo,
Ricki Jill
Congrats on another good harvest!
ReplyDeleteGlad your harvest was so successful this year.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the end result after all your hard work! Looking forward to your 'Travel Tales'.
Wow, that is what I would call a good harvest..
ReplyDeleteIsn't it exciting to harvest your own food? I feel so rich..I use to tease my mother when she would tell me that and now I understand what she meant.
Funny how age makes you see things differently..
xoCarolyn
Linda, this is from your olive grove? How wonderful!
ReplyDeleteYour olive oil must taste amazing! We love olives in our house and I make sure to pick up jars of imported olives from Italy.
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